Hospitality of the Nations: February 2011

KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. You may be wondering why this is titled "Keep the dream alive" and I hope you are. Just this month, for the first time since I began working with COTN, I realized that after my paychecks this month I will be in the red - meaning, I will have a negative balance in my account because I do not have enough financial support coming in to cover my part time salary. You can see on the left how much I have monthly and how much I need total. That means I need another $565 per month committed. That's a lot! I know it can be done though.

I am praying, and will continue to do so, that God's will is done. I love being a part of this ministry and wish to continue here. Especially since I sit in the Dominican Republic as I write this. Maybe God is calling me away from COTN, and if so then I trust Him. I don't feel that calling though. I feel called to push through and get the funds raised that are needed.

(please keep reading in post "Keep the dream alive")

***If you are new to my blog, or new to COTN, please look in the righthand side bar for JANUARY 2010 posts "A Tidbit on COTN" and "A Glimpse at the Hospitality Program" to gain some background knowledge.

February 25, 2011

Cleaning the DR

Well, it has been an eventful couple of weeks. We had our Band Together concert, and a good time was had by all. Last week we were able to get the AWESOME donations from Clean the World. The children in the Dominican Republic will be so blessed when their supplies arrive. Clean the World generously gave us:
- 15,063 bars of soap
- 15,300 hotel bottles of shampoo
- 7,900 hotel bottles of lotion
- 5,400 hotel bottles of body wash
- 18,500 hotel bottles of conditioner
How amazing? Check out the pictures!

We are praying that we can send a container to the DR this spring. Please pray with us! We have enough donations to fill a 40 foot shipping container but we need to raise $6,000 to send it. I'll keep you posted. Stop back soon for more!